Fox Business confirms deal with Bartiromo
Fox Business Network has signed former CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo to a multi-year deal, it announced on Wednesday. In her new role, Bartiromo will serve as global markets editor, anchoring a daily market hours program, as well as a Sunday business-focused show on Fox News Channel. She will begin her tenure at Fox Business on […]
No official job, but Bartiromo will still work Davos
Claire Atkinson of the New York Post reports that business news anchor Maria Bartiromo still plans to attend the World Economic Forum later this month despite not having a full-time job. Atkinson writes, “Bartiromo quit CNBC — after 20 years — in November, reportedly for a new deal with Fox Business Network, leaving news-industry tattlers wondering whether CNBC […]
Bartiromo’s departure makes others at CNBC happy
Joe Weisenthal of Business Insider writes Thursday about the mood at business news network CNBC in the wake of the departure of anchor Maria Bartiromo last week. Weisenthal writes, “One person who was at CNBC headquarters the day after Bartiromo’s departure actually described a widespread sense of ‘relief.’ “It’s not that Bartiromo was disliked. It’s […]
Wolff: Bartiromo departure much ado about nothing
Michael Wolff writes Monday for The Guardian that Maria Bartiromo‘s departure from CNBC last week — she’s headed to a job at Fox Business Network — wasn’t as big of a deal as it would have been 20 years ago. Wolff writes, “She was synonymous with business news at the moment when business news was […]
Bartiromo says goodbye
CNBC‘s Bill Griffeth and Maria Bartiromo discuss their friendship on her last official day of work at the business news network. Bartiromo is expected to join Fox Business Network early next year. Bartiromo said, “Guys on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange have been my family for so many years. I will never […]
Why Bartiromo left CNBC for Fox Business
Julia LaRoche and Henry Blodget of Business Insider write Friday about the real reasons why longtime CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo decided to leave the business news channel for rival Fox Business Network. LaRoche and Blodget write, “Yes, CNBC’s ratings have been low of late, but they’re still well above FOX Business Network’s ratings. CNBC still […]
CNBC memo on Bartiromo’s departure
Here is the memo that CNBC president Mark Hoffman sent to the staff about the departure of anchor Maria Bartiromo: After 20 years of groundbreaking work at CNBC, Maria Bartiromo will be leaving the company as her contract expires on November 24, 2013. Maria’s contributions are too numerous to list here. But, suffice it to […]
Is Bartiromo worth it to Fox Business?
Dana Blankenhorn of TheStreet.com writes that business news anchor Maria Bartiromo switching to Fox Business Network from CNBC is a lot of noise for a small amount of viewers. Blankenhorn writes, “Yet it’s big news that, when her latest contract expires on Nov. 24, she’s off to Fox Business Network, which trails CNBC badly in […]
Why Bartiromo will fit in at Fox Business
Albert Kleine of Media Matters for America writes about why CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo will fit in well at Fox Business Network, her anticipated new employer and which he argues has a pro-business, anti-government slant to news. Kleine writes, “In 2011, Bartiromo repeatedly argued that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) should not have intervened […]
Kelly Evans is winner at CNBC with Bartiromo departure
Julia LaRoche of Business Insider writes about CNBC‘s Kelly Evans, who will take over for Maria Bartiromo when the latter leaves next week after 20 years at the business news network. LaRoche writes, “She’s insanely knowledgeable about markets and economics, putting her a cut above a lot of the talent that appears on TV. “According […]
